The Fall River Pirates (Fall River, WI) basketball crushed the host Montello Hilltoppers (Montello, WI), 73-35 in Monday's league test.

The Pirates (6-4) will now prepare for their test against Cambria-Friesland (Cambria, WI). The Hilltoppers go into the Trailways - West test with a 2-8 record. In their last test, Cambria-Friesland was trounced by Markesan (Markesan, WI), 51-33, in a league test.

The Hilltoppers now own a 1-9 record. They play next when they travel to Wild Rose for a non-league test on Thursday, December 21. Montello will encounter a Wildcats squad coming off a 42-41 non-league win over Markesan (Markesan, WI). The Wildcats record now stands at 6-3.